Addiction Recovery

For individuals in recovery, rebuilding intimacy and rediscovering a healthy sex life can be a delicate part of the healing journey. While Cypress Lake Recovery does not treat sex addiction, we recognize that many individuals struggling with substance use also experience difficulties in their relationships and sexual well-being due to underlying trauma, co-occurring disorders, and [...]

Sex addiction has been a topic faced by therapists and the scientific community for many years. It wasn’t until 2012 that the symptoms of sex addiction were first officially defined by UCLA, the University of California Los Angeles in 2012. Defining sex as an addiction is now controversial because sex addiction is no longer defined

During residential treatment for drug and alcohol addiction, there is no need to manage your own medication. At an inpatient level of care, trained and certified nurses manage your medication every day. Once your transition into lower levels of care, your role in managing your medication changes. Initially, you do not touch or see your

Money is often a personal trigger for people in treatment for addiction, alcoholism, and co-occurring disorders. The minute money became available during active addiction, there was an immediate ability to buy more drugs and alcohol. Many addicts and alcoholics resort to actions and behaviors which they would never otherwise have participated in if it weren’t

Sunshine and summertime are excellent for improving holistic wellness. Copious amounts of Vitamin C and D, outdoor exercise, immersion into nature and water, spending time with friends, and enjoying the freedom of summer are good for the mind, body, and spirit. Holistic wellness doesn’t end with treatment for drug and alcohol addiction. Part of relapse

We avoid getting treatment for many different reasons. Typically, at the core of our avoidance, we are afraid. We are afraid of what will happen if we get treatment. We are afraid of what will happen if we don’t get treatment. We are afraid of how afraid our addictions have caused us to become. We

Forward thinking without irrationality is a skill that is worked hard for in treatment and recovery. Brain imaging studies have found that more than the often discussed reward system of the brain is affected by addiction. Areas of the brain which regulate rationality and irrationality, morality and immorality, good judgment and poor judgment, are compromised.

Food is an essential for survival and for healing from addiction or alcoholism. Drug and alcohol addiction weakens many parts of the body externally and internally, depending on the specific drug of choice. Generally, long term addiction can weaken the immune system, weaken the muscles, damage the organs, the heart, and more. Food is a

Wild animals do not often experience trauma. For all the of gruesome if not sometimes cruel acts of nature animals experience on a daily basis, they do not experience trauma like human beings do. Wild animals have a chance to complete the cycle of their trauma, should they experience any because they complete the cycle

Relieving tension is a first step in relieving stress and creating a state of relaxation. Tension in the body encourages stress and vice versa. Mistakenly, many people think stress has to be first confronted in the mind, then the body will relax. Eastern traditions find this not to be true. In traditional yogic practices, yoga-